Kingdom Animalia Family incertae sedis Scientific name Mesophryne beipiaoensis Rank Genus | Class Amphibia Species M. beipiaoensis Phylum Chordata Order Frog | |
Similar Callobatrachus, Frog, Liaoxitriton, Notobatrachus, Jeholotriton | ||
Mesophryne beipiaoensis is an extinct species of frog, from the Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning (China), and the only species in the genus Mesophryne. It is known from a single specimen collected near Heitizigou, 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Beipiao, from which the specific epithet derives. The specimen has a snout–vent length of 69 millimetres (2.7 in).
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